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SonicOS Enhanced 4.0 Administrator Guide
Public Server Wizard
SonicOS Enhanced includes the Public Server Wizard to automate the process of configuring
the SonicWALL security appliance for handling public servers. For example, if you have an e-
mail and Web server on your network for access from users on the Internet.
The Public Server Wizard allows you to select or define the server type (HTTP, FTP, Mail),
the private (external) address objects, and the public (internal) address objects. Once the
server type, private and public network objects are configured, the wizard creates the correct
NAT Policies and Access Rule entries on the security appliance for the server. You can use the
SonicWALL Management Interface for additional configuration options.
See Part 13, Wizards for more information on configuring the SonicWALL security appliance
using wizards.
Working with Dynamic Addresses
From its inception, SonicOS Enhanced has used Address Objects (AOs) to represent IP
addresses in most areas throughout the user interface. Address Objects come in the following
varieties:
• Host – An individual IP address, netmask and Zone association.
• MAC (original) – Media Access Control, or the unique hardware address of an Ethernet
host. MAC AOs were originally introduced in SonicOS 2.5 and were used for:
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Identifying SonicPoints
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Allowing hosts to bypass Wireless Guest Services authentication
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Authorizing the BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier, or WLAN MAC) of wireless access
points detected during wireless scans.
MAC AOs were originally not allowable targets in other areas of the management
interface, such as Access Rules, so historically they could not be used to control a
host’s access by its hardware address.
• Range – A starting and ending IP address, inclusive of all addresses in between.
• Group – A collection of Address Objects of any assortment of types. Groups may contain
other Groups, Host, MAC, Range, or FQDN Address Objects.